7.If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.Usually,achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house.As they were working,several older boys stopped by to watch.
"What are you doing?"asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!"one of the brothers answered excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.After a long silence,one of the diggers picked up a bottle full of spiders and insects.He removed the lid(盖子) and showed the wonderful contents to the visitors who were laughing at them.Then he said quietly and confidently,"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth,look at what we found along the way!"
Their goal was far too difficult,but it made them big.And that is what a goal is for-to make us move in the direction we have chosen.In other words,it sets us digging!
But not every goal will be fully achieved.Not every job will end successfully.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.But when you fall short of your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,but look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"And I believe it is the joy in the journey,in the end,that truly matters.
24.One of the brothers showed a bottle to the older boys toB.
A.present what tools they were using
B.show what they had found in their digging
C.frighten them away
D.make them curious
25.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.digging a hole all the way through the earth is impossible
B.the writer thinks that the two brothers will reach their goal one day
C.a goal is something that we have chosen and want to achieve
D.everyone can succeed if he sets a goal
26.What is the best title for the passage?D.
A.Failure is the mother of success
B.Where there is a will,there is a way
C.No pains,no gains
D.Joy in the journey.
分析 本文用一个故事,来讲述了一个道理,人们应该有目标,并为实现该目标而付出自己的劳动,尽管这个目标有可能实现不了,而在做的过程中却得到了自己的快乐是非常重要的.
解答 24.答案是B.细节理解题,"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth,look at what we found along the way!""即使我们不能挖通地球,看看我们这一路发现的,所以答案选B.
25.答案是C.推理判断题,根据文章最后一段的内容可以推断作者的意思是 目标是我们选择并想要实现的,所以答案选C.
26.答案是D.标题归纳题.根据I believe it is the joy in the journey,in the end,that truly matters.我相信这是旅程中的乐趣,最终,真正重要的,这是文章的中心句,故选D
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.